To reduce their unintended take of halibut, vessels in the bottom trawl fleet have an escape hatch in their nets that allows ...
Fishing derbies are like the lottery in that you can’t win unless you enter. Lorna Illingworth, for example, caught a 158-pound halibut last weekend while fishing during the “Halibut Hullabaloo” out ...
ABOARD THE ORACLE, North Pacific — Skipper Robert Hanson seeks halibut on a stretch of graveled sea bottom ripped by the ...
Halibut fishing is struggling. The flat fish, once a mainstay for Alaska fishers — and for American families — can now cost ...
Halibut is a seafood celebrity, adored for its flaky, firm texture and its mild, sweet flavor. It appears on upscale restaurant menus and in seafood cases, yet its cost tends to bring eyebrows up. Why ...